Okay, okay.. So before I get started, let me introduce the babies.
First is the little girl of the family, Bijou. And by little I mean the largest of the litter.
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Next is Gnash. I named him this because he is super rambunctious and loves to jump at me like he's some kind of attack dog until I feed him, then he loves me and wants to chatter in my ear.
He's my adventurer, he's gotten out twice today and both times I found him snuggled in my bed...
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Last but not least, my sweetheart of the three muskesquirrels, Jango. He's pretty laid back, doesn't get grumpy but does love to climb all over me.
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Sorry for the bad pictures!
The reason I took them in was because a friend of mine cuts down trees for people and had a client with a box built in his tree. He said he never saw squirrels in it so they cut it down. With that, the momma's head ended up half in, half out the box. She was dead. He took them and put them in his hard hat and got ahold of me. I've taken in everything from turtles to coons since I can remember. (I may still be a baby to most of you haha, I'm eighteen but I can assure you I've done my time and research just like everyone else, it's a love of mine and the dedication is well worth the success and happiness.) Jango was the first to have his eyes open. They opened right before I got him, so I'm guessing they are four-five weeks old. They are all active during feeding times and sleep until they are hungry again, then they get up and raise hell haha.
On to the problem.. their stool looked good, solid, tiny pebbles, up until last night. I have them on pedialyte and puppy replacer formula (No, not esbilac, but getting some ASAP.. this seems to be doing okay for now since it's all I had). I've been feeding a ratio of 3:1, pedialyte:formula.. then went to 2:2.. But I'm wondering if they're getting too much electrolytes? Should I stop the pedialyte? They are hydrated and haven't lost any weight. I read that at their age they should get around 6-8cc of formula per every 4 hours. I was doing every three hours at first until I read that. I don't have a scale at hand, wish I did so I could calculate the body weight percentage to feed.. So should I stop the pedialyte? I don't think it's the formula since they have been doing so well on it. They've also had a strawberry to nibble on yesterday and a little one today. Maybe that's it.. should I not give them anything this early?
Thanks in advance!